The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has approved a one-year moratorium on new applications for polytechnics and monotechnics. He, however, exempted health institutions due to low enrollment challenges. This was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, Prof. Idris Bugaje, on Thursday in Kaduna. …
Transparency International, a global coalition against corruption, has ranked Nigeria as the 36th most corrupt country in the world. Nigeria was joined by Uganda, Mexico, Madagascar, Iraq, and Cameroon in the same spot with a total score of 26 points. The ranking released on Tuesday highlighted the 2024 corruption perceptions index. …
The Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing…
The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee has proposed creating 31 additional states in addition to the country’s 36 existing states. The committee contained this in a letter to the House of Representatives, which was read during plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary session in Abuja. According to the…
Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the commissioner for transportation in Lagos, during the press briefing to announce the installation of the devices on Thursday Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the commissioner for transportation in Lagos, says the ministry has deployed four new intelligent transport system (ITS) sites across four locations in the state. At a press briefing in Lagos on Thursday,…
The Federal Executive Council has approved N159 billion for infrastructure development projects in Abuja. Mariya Bunkure, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, revealed that the Federal Executive Council has sanctioned an investment of N159.5 billion for five significant infrastructure projects. These initiatives are designed to improve the road networks and transportation systems…
N470.9 billion has been allocated for the access road in Delta State, while N148 billion is earmarked for the access road to the Second Niger Bridge in Anambra State. The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Phase 2, Section 1) has received an approval of N195 billion for reconstruction as part of the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF). The…
Following the assent of President Bola Tinubu to bills establishing development commissions for the regions in the country, Senate has appointed chairmen and deputy chairmen of standing committees to oversight the commissions. Those appointed as announced by the President of the Senate Godswill Obot Akpabio are: Senate has also reshuffled leadership of some standing committees…
TikTok has removed more than 2 million videos in Nigeria between July and September 2024 as part of its efforts to maintain a safe online environment. According to its latest Q3 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, 99.1% of these videos were taken down within 24 hours of being flagged. The social media platform emphasized that this…
President Bola Tinubu has authorized an extension of the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare professionals from 60 to 65 years. Dr. Mannir Bature, the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association, announced this development in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Bature noted that the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare,…
